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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@microchip.com>,
	Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>,
	Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc>,
	Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>,
	Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@ti.com>,
	linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, stable <stable@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2] mtd: spi-nor: fix memory leak when using debugfs_lookup()
Date: Wed,  8 Feb 2023 13:57:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230208125758.1515806-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> (raw)

When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it,
otherwise the memory will leak over time.

Cc: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@microchip.com>
Cc: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>
Cc: Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc>
Cc: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Cc: Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@ti.com>
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Cc: stable <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
v2: fix up to work when module is removed and added, making the fix
    much simpler.

 drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c
index ff895f6758ea..af41fbc09a97 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/debugfs.c
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ void spi_nor_debugfs_register(struct spi_nor *nor)
 
 	d = debugfs_create_dir(dev_name(nor->dev), rootdir);
 	nor->debugfs_root = d;
+	dput(rootdir);
 
 	debugfs_create_file("params", 0444, d, nor, &spi_nor_params_fops);
 	debugfs_create_file("capabilities", 0444, d, nor,
-- 
2.39.1


             reply	other threads:[~2023-02-08 12:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-02-08 12:57 Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2023-02-08 13:36 ` [PATCH v2] mtd: spi-nor: fix memory leak when using debugfs_lookup() Michael Walle
2023-02-08 14:12   ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2023-02-08 14:24     ` Michael Walle
2023-02-08 14:50       ` Greg Kroah-Hartman

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